The Winners of the 2017 Hugo Awards are Here!

On Friday, August 11th, the 2017 Hugo Awards were presented in Helsinki, Finland at the 75th Worlds Science Fiction Convention, also known as Worldcon.

This year, the Hugo Awards made a change in the way that the nominees were voted for. These changes help ensure nominations are fair, especially in light of past efforts to keep the awards from embracing diversity. For the past several years, rightwing groups like the “Sad Puppies” have been trying to flood nominations with candidates of their choosing. They’ve been trying to keep science fiction as white and male as possible. Thankfully, they’re not winning.

This year, like last year, predominately female creatives take home these prestigious awards. And again, the amazing N.K. Jemisin wins for best novel. In 2016 she became the first black person to win this award. And this year, she becomes the first person in 25 years to win the award two years in a row.